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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build a 'Breath Spray Bomb' to Study Small Explosion

For Students 9th - 10th
Hold onto your hats. In this science fair project, you will make a device that sends a film canister across the room with a small chemical explosion. The energy for the explosion is derived from the combustion of ethanol. You will...
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Website
Other

Niagara Parks: Old Fort Erie: History

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of Fort Erie is explained, with reference to the battle of Fort Erie in the War of 1812. Links on the page will take you to an Old Fort Erie site, and a tour of the Park Commission's historic site.
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Activity
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Chemistry, Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Simulations that can help students visualize and understand concepts in chemistry like the collision theory, chemical reaction equilibrium, and polymerization.
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Primary
Other

Interview With Melissa Fay Greene

For Students 9th - 10th
Melissa Fay Greene is the author of "Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster" a book published in 2004 about the 1958 Springhill Mine Disaster. Ms. Greene is an accomplished American author and National Book Award...
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Handout
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Big Bang Ology Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the Big Bang. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this giant explosion that began the Universe billions of years ago.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Colliding Spheres

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab activity from the Illinois Institute of Technology lets students investigate the impact of collisions upon the velocity and momentum of the colliding objects. Requires understanding of vectors.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Library of Congress: Everyday Mysteries: Explosion

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A picture of an explosion caused by static sparks.